Miata Mailing List: February 1999, Message #61

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That's keerect, Peter, though I'm not sure about the hyphen.  I have
always speculated that the Miata (or LWS--lightweight sports) was
Mazda's 729th project.  The license plate on my '91 read "91 P729."

Eric

Peter Brusa wrote:

> Anyone know what the code name for the early M1 prototype was?  I
> think it was P-729?
>
> I checked the archives, etc and only found one reference to it.
>
> Can anyone clarify this or was there a different number?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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